Skirt-marker



F. W. SIMON. SKIRT MARKER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1920 1,371,446, Patnted Mar. 15, 1921.

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MM I f? FRANCES w. srnon, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

' SKIRT-MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

Application filed J'une 16, 1920. Serial No. 389,394.

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Be it known thatI, FRANoEs W. SIMON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of San Francisco, county of San Francisco, and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Skirt-Markers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to skirt markers and has reference more particularly to an improved device for gaging and marking the length of the skirt so that an even hem may be produced. 7

As heretofore practised, a device of this kind usually required a second person to manipulate the device in marking the skirt. This is inconvenient and impracticable as in some instances one may prefer to accomplish the results without the aid of another. It is, therefore, the primary object of the present invention to provide a device which may be conveniently and effectively manipulated by the person wearing the skirt without soliciting the aid of someone to realize the desired results.

A further object of the invention is to so constructthe device that it may be easily manipulated and exceedingly simple and cheap to manufacture.

With these and further objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, reference will now be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device; Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view in side elevation of the lower part of the movable plate, showing its relative'position to the base of the device, and Fig. 4: is a cross section showing the relative position of the fixed and slidably movable plates with the skirt presented therebetween, and with the chalk or other marking medium in position to mark the skirt.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the preferred embodiment of the idea resides in a suitable base 5 which may consist of a block produced from any suitable material, having on one end thereof a vertically presented back-plate 6 which is fixed to the base in any suitable manner. Arranged along opposite sidesof the base 5 are the guidewires 7 and 8 the ends of which being bent inwardly to extend around the front edge of the base and with their ends embedded therein.

- with their opposite ends As stated, the guidewires 7 and 8 extend along the opposite edges of the base and passed through and fixed to the back-plate 6. They are properly offset from the edges of the base, as best illustrated in Fig. 2, to provide a suitable guide for the slidably mounted plate 9 which is recessed as at 10 to accommodate the width of the base 5 so as to leave downwardly presented extensions 11 on opposite sides of the base. Each extension will be provided with an oval shaped opening 12 through which the guidewires 7 and 8 are passed. This will confine the plate 9 on the base but leave the same free to slide toward and away from the back-plate 6. A vertical slot such as 13 may be produced in the plate 9 to accommodate the chalk holder 14 which is free to slide vertically in the slot with the indicating graduations 15 adapted to ga e the proper height of the chalk holder in marking the skirt. Fixed to the plate 9 for conveniently manipulating the same is the upwardly presented handle 16 which may be hinged as at 17 so that same may be folded to reduce the size of the device for shipping. It is to'be noted that the handle 16 extends far enough above the device so that it may be grasped by the person wearing the skirt while standing in a normal upright position. In this way, not only may the device as a whole be moved around the skirt but the plate 9 may be caused to slide toward and away from the plate 6 and when moved toward the platefi with the skirt presented between the plates, the handle may be used to rock the plate 9 and by reason of the oval shaped openings 11 permit the plate to be so manipulated as to cause the chalk carried by the chalk holder 14 to produce the desired marking of the skirt.

I claim:

1. In a skirt marker, a base, a pair of plates supported on said base, one of which being fixed thereto, and with the other adapted to slide toward and away from the fixed plate, guides for said movable plate, relatively large openings in said movable plate through which the guides pass, a chalk holder carried by the movable plate adapted to present the chalk in a position to mark the skirt when presented between both the said plates, a handle for moving the movable plate toward and away from the fixed plate and also adapted to laterally producing a marking effect of the chalk on the skirt.

2. In a skirt marker, a base, a pair of plates supported on said base, one of which being fixed thereto, and with the Other adapted to slide toward and away from the fixed plate, guides for said movable plate, relatively large openings in the movable plate through which the guides pass, a chalk holder carried by the movable plate adapted to present the chalk in a position to mark the skirt when presented between both the said; plates, a handle for movingthe movable plate toward and away from the fixed plate and also adapted to laterally rock said movable plate on its guides for producing a marking eflect of the chalk on the skirt, said handle representing a relatively long and vertically extending member adapted to terminate at a height to be grasped by the wearer of the skirt to be marked by the device when the wearer is standing m a normal upright position.

. FRANCES w. surely. 

